READ!! ROGER BABSON'S News Dispatches in this is sue of the Franklin Times. f CO-OPPERATE If IiOuisburg's BuninefM tnUnato would Co-operate with the Frank Mil Timet* we would have ? Rigger and Better Town. VOLUMN i.XXII Hnbm-ription $1.80 a Year I.OUI8BURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1941 (Eight I'agex) NUMBER S COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BEGINS WEDNESDAY. MAR. 5, AT LOUISBtlRG ARMORY ; * i ? MASS MEETING To Hear Electric Light Situation Explained, Suggested? Other Mat tors Attended To By Louisburg Chamber of Commerce BOard of- Directors ot the Louisburg Chamber- of -Commerce met Tuesday afternoon -TSSm-t fUe Chamber 5 .2 Fls ? "srsu proved the expenditure of ?' '-50 to be awarded by the 1 ay luritv office hero in a 11*" dotUUL flrstprlse and a two and oue-l al f dollar second prize tor tk uuU second be^ Uon,, ^ble S^Cr"o^U the-K. H A had assured the board that about 135 farm families in the county would l>e competing tor the ?riite- fr A letter from Dean 1. O. ttetau of State College was r?4 to a proposal to establish ? P duce market' in - tj? Schaub's letter explained that the \rmy usually bought and produce Hues through - keen eompeUtive bidding i,6)d oui. II' tie hope fo. the - stab llBhmeut of a market to ,. WW. tin. proposal was di ussea ?a eu?lh and the Agr.rulture '.ommluee will concenuaie .m ehe ?rt?UW UP ot a iead> oultr* market with the produ.e market r. ? receive attention later. A motion was ui'ani.uouily missed that the tow n twvd be re Ta^ted to hold a public meeUng in the court house o> ^on^ othe_ "available auditorium ^6vO? rjASumliiUveti, oi ? _ -?er and' Light Co. and , up. cm La lives of- Fairbanks, Morse Ca could explain their proposals to the citizen* of the town p . order ro clear in the mind of the pun He about the Louisl.um powet situation which has catiMda - arrrrr rtrai oi i-miriiirnnrTniioni w e ottlxMus of the towu as to then misunderstandings of the electric ^hTm^r of flood-lighting the court house it was explain^ that the town had agreed to iur * nish the electricity for ;-he P^Ject and install the nece^a ry fixtures urovided the county commission !-r? arranged for the purchase of the fixtures and bulbs. The n ter Is now In the county comrais -sioners bands. . The board agreed lo foot the \rmory rental bill for the Boun ty-Wide Basket-ball Tournament to be held in the Armory here March 5-6-7. It was also agreed to sponsor the use of the Armory for a 411 Club meeting to'.eheld after the short* course at Louis burg College. . As relative to the use of th Armory the board was In agree ment that no public organisation would be turned away from meet Inc in Louisburg because of Arm ?ry rental. The board will be glad to consider sponsoring the Armory use for meeting of Pub1^ groups of any kind providing o rnurse that there is the approral of the board ot directors before hand. " CRASH Radio stated yesterday moo ning thai an Eastern Air Use , plane crashed about four miles . North of Joaeeboro, near At lanta, early that morning and that the wreckage had bee* found. A boat five of thp pas sengers were Injured bat their names were not available at the time. Among the pawengers was American Ace Bddle Rick en barker, an official of the t'nmpany, but was unhurt. PROGRAM AT THE LOUISBURG THEATRE The following is the program hi the Louisburg Theatre, begin ning Saturda. March 1st: Saturday ? Doable Feature ? Tim Holt in "Along The Rio Grande" and Eugene Pallette in "Ride. Kelly Ride." Sunday-Monday ? Mickey Roon ey and Lewis Stone In "Andy Hardy's Private Secretary." Tuesday ? Anna Neagle and Richard Carlson In "No, No, Nanette." t ? Wednesday ? "LI'l Abner" with . Granville Owen and a cast of favorites. Thursday-Friday ? Jack Benny, ' Fred Allen. Mary Martin and Rochester in "Love Thy Neigh bor." G.wSHOFt Wee. Mr. R. \v Shoffner, Extension I Farm Management SpecialistlVom N. C. State College, will present i jplctmres in natural color of (arm| tours In North Carolina during , the Farm and Home Short Course Program at Louisburg College | Wednesday Mid Thursday. March 12th and 13th. . O Recorder's Court Mr. Jack Taylor ably represent- ' :ed the prosecution in the absence -?4- Mr, ? John F, .-MatL'hews Tues day in Recorders Court. The Idocket, though small, was dhi ' posed of as follows: (? Lewis K. Pop* plead guilty to . | unlawful possession of whiskey ami was giveii CO days on roads suspended upon payment of costs. lieu ben Barber, plead guilty to j unlawful possession of whiskey,! and was given 60 days on roads, j suspended upon payment' of costs. I Charles Alexander was found : not gliilty of assault on female. The following caso? were con tinued: Thomas B. Cooke, operating au- ' itoniobllo Intoxicated. OUIe Hunt, possession of still and material. J W! P. Penderg rasT operating' automobile intoxicated and public drunkinness. BEGIN WORK ON NEW OAS STATION Construction work was begun Monday morning on t UI1U vtlt tuvli IflDX rvwU VI I ~ treat. Italian prisoners already in hund were put by "conservative estimate" at 3,000. Seizure of vast quantities of guns and ammunition was an-; itottHeed. j British 'sources said the coun try north of Mogadiscio waft, of such little importance Miut the possession of the capital itself ? along with the substantial defeat of all t-he active Fascist forces in i the colony- .-meant possession of j Somalilund. London. Feb. 26. ? British forces have captured and occupied the fortified Italian island and seiipluue ..Jiase of Castel Oritzo on Turkey's southern coast it* was 1 announced officially tonight as Britain moved quickly to rein- ! force lier alliance with Turkey. j The seizure of tire tiny island, ; easternmost point- of Italy's base^ ! In the Mediterranean, aroused^ speculation that Britain, with Turkey's consent, might be pre- j paring to seize all of the Italian Dodecanese islands at Lhe gate- j way to the strategic Dardanelles. , The occupation of the Italian island base ? a stepping stone to] Italy's Khodes stronghold only 80 miles to the west ? was re- 1 gardod as a preliminary move to quick British -aid to Turkey if the I latter enters the war against the I Axis. The taking of Lhe fortified iB- 1 land only three miles from Tur- 1 key's Anatolian coast south of i Elinali and mMway between, Khodes and the British base at' Cyprus occurred yesterday, pre sumably by British naval and land forces, and Admiralty and War ( Office communique said. Castel Orilto, long regarded as ? an Italian "pistol" pointed at t the Planters Warehouse, were the base of the Are on Tuesday night of last week. Only one of the bales was damaged and that only slightly as the Are was discovered In time for Mie Are department to put It out before It got any headway. Sixty-two Pnmklin County farm famtliea bought 1,00V peach trees this winter through a cooperative order, reports E. P. Barnes, as sistant) farm agent of the N. C. State College Extension Service. The I'ranklin County High 1 School Ba?k?ball Touruuuient ) will get undw wuy iti the Armory , in IjOulshurR on Wednesday, ' March "hIi. The tournament will ] liust three days. The quints par- < ticipating in this annual contest ' are: Gold Sand, kdward Best, , Epeoni, Franklin! on, Youngsville, Bunn, and Louisburg. Much county- wide enthusiasm lux* been sliown by attendance at all the Itamet this season. Coach ex of these teams are really doing .some line work; and the players themselves are doing thgjr best, as a whole, to manifest their school spirit. Cooperation be tween coaches and players is evi dent; and sportsmanship is al tt ays displayed when the losing team proves that "it takes a better team to lose than to win". Your attendance is needed par ticularly at this time. The schedule of games to be played Wednesday are as follows: 2:00 P. M. ? Girls. Kpsom vs. Kranklinton. 8:00 P. M? Boys. Gold Sand vs. Kdwnrd Best. 4 >00 P. M. ? Girls. I.uuisburg vs. Bunn. 7 :00 P. M. ? Boys. Kpsom vs. Kranklinton. 8:00 P. Girls. Edward Best vs. Youngsville. 9:00 P. M. ? Boys. Louisbunc vs. Bunn. Youngsville boys and Gold Sand girls drew a bye. MILLS HIGH WINS DOUBLE-HEADER The basketball teams of Mill* High School swept both ends of a double-header program run off at the Armory cour.. on Tuesday night with Qolii Sand High School. In the girls game. Gold Sand previously unbeaten in county league play, bowed to the Mills sextet, 23-31. Seleiua Joy nor, with 16. paced Mie Mills oilense and Margaret Person, 14' led the losers. The Interesting part of this game was when with only about two niinnlen u> pi . . y and ? Mills High enjoying a one point lead, began to freeze the ball, and did, they freeze. It' reminded bas- 1 ket-ball fans of some of the close | gatnos seen between college teams i this season. With about 30 sec-, .imdaiD Mills High mink an-, other goal to make it safe, and the gun Bred. The boys half of the program furnished a neck-and-neck thrill er as Mills outpointed Gold Sand, 28-26. Mack Wrenn and Dayton Hardwlck with 8 apiece led the Mills attack while George Raynor, 14, and M. E. Watkins. 7. starred for Gold Sand. ' In county league play the Mills boys have won 7 out of 9 starts and Gold Sand 'has racked up 5 wins out of 12 games. kdwmUbkst takes two OVUR KKANKlilNTON Taking udvantage of every break, the Edward Best basket ball teams won a double-beader here Feb. 25 from t>be Franklin ton teams, tho girls winning by a ?core of 26-13, and the buys by a score of 25-19. Tbe battle was nip-and-tucV all ' the way, each team providing un-l usual thrills. The spectators key-j ed up by numerous displays of, good ball playing kept their en thusiasm throughout both games. High scorer In the girl's game for Edward Rest was Carson with li) points, and Wester for Frank linton with 6 points. Thome led In the boy's game with 8 points for Edward Best, and Perry for Franklinton with 6 points. o CHARGES? Berlin. Feb. 81. ? D. N. B. Oer man news agency, reported today In a SoTIi dispatch that assault charges had been made in the Bulgarian capital gainst United States Minister Oeorge H. Earle as a result of last Saturday's cafe bottle-throwing incident. D. N. B. said Earle was accused of "Inflicting light bodily wounds." The agency added that "numerous Bulgarian cltHzens ap peared as witnesses." (Earle said tlx; altercation arose when a man he Identified as a German objected when the orchestra played "Tipperary" at 'Earle's request. The man was hit by a bottle and Earle suffered a cut on bis arm in warding off a bottle). Washington. Feb. 26 ? Officials said today that Oeorge H. Earle, United 8tates minister, cannot legally be arrested or tried on the assault charges reported to have been fifed against him in Sofia. They asserted that Earle has diplomatic Immanity. Tin State Department had re ceived no report late today that otaargfeg had been filed against* the envoy. o RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION WEEKLY LEGISLA TIVE BULLETIN Institute of Government Chapel Hill, N. C. . Legislative Offices : Raleigh, N. C. The biggest news of the eighth legislative week was the introduc tion of tflhe I7t> bills Introduced dur Bl L?e week, the preponderance 'if public measures, ouce more. ' ''?'?"I 10 muds, commmr, edu cation vmd agriculture, plus a """dlv sprinkling of municipal and county legislation. One hill affecting local units would place every county aud municipality whose governing "Ody does not notify fee Itetire tnent System's board of trustees otherwise by January I. 1H4; un der the statewide teachers' and .Into employees retirement sys tem. This would mean That mu nicipal and county employees would receive pensions; contribu ting 4 % of their salary while the town or county appropriates a near corresponding amount. An other bill would allow municipali ses and ofher political suhdivis '"n" the Fltate Itrrnake alipuil zoulng regulations. Others would permit coroners a fee of $10, inl st^ad of JB, for holding inquest.; not require the recordation of i ights-of-way or easements by telephone, electric or power cont imnlea atld nmlfp ih? presence nf telephone or power lines equiva lent' to recordation: permit mar-j I lage anywhere In the State under a license Issued within the State, 'egardless of county of issuunce, where the register of deeds has I aflixed his official seal to the li cense; authorize municipalities to 1 transfor the city treasurer's du- ! ties to the city clerk; permit the' operation of School busses one day prior to the opening of school; and place local units is suing bouds, other than counties, clt-ies and towns, under the Local Government Act. The Agriculture bills include! one to permit farmers to secure special half-price license tags for trucks used only In hauling their produce and supplies, but not/ for hire; and another to provide for I ho warehousing of other agricul tural commodities as well as cot ton. A comprehensive measure to regulate and supervise public live stock markets and live stock dealers, requiring a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture upon meeting certain health stan dards, was introduced, and a greatly extended seed law emerg ed from Comjnittee In the form of 1 substitute bill. By another bill the Commissioner of Agricul ture Is authorized to establish and supervise a County and District Fair Division to classify fairs and to contribute to premiums accord ing to a set scale. A Senate mea sure would remove the license or privilege tax on buyers of scrap or untied tobacco, while a House measure would relieve the Depart ment of Agriculture of supervis ion of dog vaccinations. The administration-sponsored Highway and Public Works Com mission revision 1)111 heads the list of roads measures sent to Committees during the week. The bill would reduce the members' terms from six to four year, es tablish a statewide rafeer than district system of representation, and invest the commission chair- j man with all Commission author- i Ity when the latter is not in ses sion. Two other Important meas ures would (1) set up a *4,000. 000 fund for construcMon of sec ondary roads throughout the State, aud (2) require proof of financial responsibility for car and truck operators, on conviction of motor vehicle law violation in stead of upon failure to satisfy Judgment. The recent Supreme Court Decision declaring Invalid parking meters because they were without legislative authorisation prompted a measure authorising cities to pass ordinances to Im pose parking fees. A measure related to both healfe And highway would have (ConMnued on Page Eight) Ov. Of 3)AfaeT 1 Wednesday afternoon. March! lirth, will be dr? voted to a thor ough discussion of production of better seeds in Franklin County. ;Al*. T. Mow. Chairman of Franklin County One Variety Small Grain Community Program, will preside at hhe meeting. Dr. !\V. II. Durst, Marketing Specialist of the Department of Agriculture above, will present a motion pic Lwirc and discussion during the af- j ternoon on production and war- ? k?'tiMK of leioedeaa seed- Dr. H. . M. Suiter. Director of Kxperiment Station in North Carolina will j also appear on fhe afternoon pro gram. Tills program is being pre sented as ;i portion of the Farm and Home Short Course planned at Louisbuig College Wednesday and Thursday. March 12th and [rait' ? ? r~ CHAMBER OF COM MERCE COMMITTEES At a recent meeting the Loufs-! burg Chamber of Commerce an-, nonncrd the'following committees! itur Mia ocating fo?ri I Publlcltiy: W. F. Shelf on. Chair - man. A. F. Johnson. | Finance: T. K. Stockard, Chair- { ?nan. Cecil Sykes. Harry Ulick-j [ man. j Membership G. M. Beam.j Chairman. George Selby. W liber Uaynor, H. C. Taylor. Jr ' " Public Affairs: R. W Smith wick. Chairman. W. G. Lancas ter, D. F. McKinne. M. C. Murphy. Advertising: Beu Fox, Chair man. Sam Mattox. D. F McKinne. , Public Service: K. C. Beck, I Chairman, P. W. Elam. W. B. ! Tucker. , \ Koads: W. B. Barrow. Chair- j man. W. C. Webb. W. G. 1-ancas- , ter. Agriculture: W. B. Tucker, i Chairman. J. P. Tiuiberlake. Jr.. F. H.Alleu. H. C. Taylor, Jr. !: Legislative: W. L. Lumpkin.! Chairman. G. M. Beam. i o ? TRAINING CLASSES As ;l part of the Natioual De fense Program, the Federal Gov ernment is sponsoring training classes (or rural youth who are out of school. The work Is under the direction of the State Board for Vocational EducaticRi-and the classes are under the supervision of the teachers of Vocational Agri culture in the county schools. A number of courses of a prac tical nature are offered. Each class is supposed to have a mini mum of ten boys, and will run through a period of eight weeks with fifteen hours of instruction per week. The Federal Govern ment pays the Instructor and pro vides a certain amount of money for tools and Instructional ma terial. In the Franklin County schools we have the following courses: Bunn School: Mr. JoneB Can nady Is teaching a class in auto mobile mechanics. ? G. T. White I* teaching a course in electrical | work." Epsom School: Roy Upchurch , of Henderson is teaching A course j in electrical work. Youngsville: Mr. W. P. Faulk- 1 ner is teaching a course in car pentry. There is a course in operation in the Franklfnton school. These courses are free and offer ' the young men an opportunity to ! acquire some valuable training. NAVY RECRUITING I The FRANKLIN TIMES is re quested to state that a Navy re cruiting party will be at the Post Office building In the following ities as indicated below until urt'her notice for the purpose of procuring applicants for enlist uent in the United States Navy: Roanoke Rapids ? -First Satur day In each month. Durham ? Flrsti Monday, Tues day and Wednesday in each month. Henderson ? First Thursday ? and Friday in each month. f I DON'T GET PANICKY Babson Discusses Real Values (By KOGER W. BABSON) Babson Park, Florida. Feb. 28. ? It Is tTue that tremendou s changes have taken place dur ing the past doz en years. City real estate can today be bought for 20% of what U sold for a. dot en years ag-?. Fifty leading stocks, which "" ' sold at $285 Id BABSON 1929, can now be bought (or $75. New York Stock Exchange seats, for which ba ii k? n ?? were then scrambling to pay $ti00,000. can now be bought (or around $25,000. Yets those economists who then forecasted such terrific declines were hooted as old pessimists and undesirable citizens. Strange to say, we are being laughed at today for sug gesting that a comeback is just as possiblet Uu the other side of the pic ture you will find that- high-grade bonds and commodities are sell ing higher than they did a dozen yeiirs ago. Ill fact, a Massaohu setls city recently sold $20lh000 Notes of five-month maturity! at 0.03 '/< ? This is at the rate of 12. ?'enln? Or lilt: cost uf.i pack agi' of ci>taieU?8 ? for the use of $1000 for live months. A dozen yen ro--ago Hi Is would have cost ?found twt*t,ty dollars instead of 1 2 Vi cents. You 1'u.v One-Tliird of Your Salary In 'laxes Hul you say these changes af fect mi ly well-to-do people. All light, what about taxes? The two hundred largest corporations in t lily country iiuKf Ikhi yogrcgTT-? slderably over $2.0110.000,000 In taxes. These companies had about .t,5O0.U00 employees. This means a $600 !>ax (or each man and woman employed. Income taxes have not only doubled, but the number of people required in pay them have greatly Increased. All of this is In addition to big increases in real estate taxes and taxes upon everything we buy. Nearly all the readers of this col umn are today paying out In tax es. directly and indirectly, three dollars out* of every ten dollars they earn. Those who forecasted these great tax increases were howled down a dozen years ago. Yet, Is it any more unreasonable to be lieve that luxes will be much less a dozen yeurs hence? So long as the world continues to revolve around the nun. and so long as pendulums continue to swing, then prices, interest* rates, real estate values, and taxes will con tinue to go up, and then down! It is as foolish today to think that things are going to continue to grow worse as it was in 1928 to think thao conditions would con tinue to grow better. Don't lie Hooked By Craades We hear a lot today about bhe possibilities of synthetics; ? this means the manufacture of every thing artificially, from children to coffins. College professors tell us that our potatoes will be grown by electricity, that cotton will be pulled out of the air, and, instead of bothering to cook food, we will swallow a pill three Mmes a day with a glass of water. Perhaps we will! Statistics show that with all the college professors, medical ex perts, and dieticians, we are lucky today if we live to the "three s<;ore years and ten" which we read about in the Scriptures of three thousand years ago. My guess Is tihat the next tread will be toward old-fashioned corn bread and molasses, and that we will hear less about vitamins A, B, C, D, E, F, Q, and so on ad infinitum. We think candles and kerosene have "gone," but statls Wcs show that more of both of thesn are being sold today than ever before. Educational Chanjtes Art' Ahead Let's look at the educational record: When I was a boy In Gloucester, I attended a two-room school house with a stove at one end and an outhouse in the back yard. But we did learn how to spell, to add, and to work. More over, hi those days our parents were more interested to have us get training than diplomas. In fact, I did not* even get a diploma when finishing my coarse In High School. Today, oar chlldrea get their so-called education la pal aces with the latest heating, ven tilation, and lighting equipment, to say aothiag of the extravagant toilet faclltliea. 1 Mr. W, J. Cameron, of the Ford ? ? (Continued on Page Eight.)